Flour-bolt



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. HEINE.

FLOURBOLT.

Pate ed Dec. 30, 1884. 1 1.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

A. HE INE.

PLOURYBOLTV. I

Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST IIEINE, OF SILVER CREEK, NEW YORK.

FLOUR-BOLT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,134, dated December30, 1884.

Application filed July 5, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern- Be it known that I, Anensr HEINE, of SilverCreek, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Flour-Bolts, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bolting-reels, and hasfor its object to improve the construction of the reel, to increase itsbolting capacity and improve its operation, and provide efficient meansfor keeping the meshes of the bolting-cloth clear.

My invention consists, to these ends, of the improvements in theconstruction of the machine,which will be hereinafter fully set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure 1 is alongitudinal 'sectional elevation of abolting-rcel provided with myimprovements. Figs. 2 and 3 are crosssections in lines m a and 3/ 3 Fig.1, respectively. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of thebolting-cylinder,with a portion of the outer cylinder broken away. Figs.5 and 6 are sectional elevations, on an enlarged scale, of a portion ofthe heads of the bolting-cylinder. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section, andFig. 8 a crosssection, both on enlarged scales, of the supports to whichthe bolting-cloth is attached; and Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation, onan enlarged scale, of the cloth-cleaning device.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the stationary frame of the machine, provided with asuitable casing which incloses the reel.

(t represents the teed-spout at the head of the machine.

B represents the head of the reel, located at the feed end thereof, andprovided with a central journal, b, which turns in a bearing, 72,secured to the main frame A.

13 represents a conical head or hollow conical shell secured to theouter side of the head B concentric with the journal I), and open at itsouter end, into which the feed-spout projects, so as to deliver thematerial to be bolted upon the head B. v

0 represents openings formed in the head B, for the passage of thematerial from the head into the interior of thevreel. These openings areseparated by ribs 0, whereby the outer portion of the head is connectedwith a hub, 0 to which the journal I) is attached.

(1 represents an inwardly or rearwardly projecting annular flange formedon the periphery of the head 13.

E represents a ring of greater diameter than the head B, and secured tothe front side thereof, so as to project beyond the periphery of thehead B. The ring E is provided with a flange, e, which projectsforwardly from the top of the ring.

F represents the head, located at the tail or discharge end of the reel,and provided with a central opening f, through which the tailiugs aredischarged.

G is a curved deflecting-plate arranged within the reel on the innerside of the head F, and g are elevating-ribs connecting thedeflectingplate G with the head F, and extending ra dially toward theperiphery of the reel in a well-known manner, so as to elevate thetailings and discharge them through the central opening, f.

g is a journal formed centrally on the deflecting-plate G, and turningin a bearing, 9 formed at the tail end of the machine.

H represents a ring secured to the rear side of the head F, and providedwith a rearward ly-projecting flange, h. The ring H is similar inconstruction and arrangement to the ring E, applied to the head B,except that the ring His provided in its body with openings h, throughwhich the coarse material is discharged.

1 represents the longitudinal ribs of the reel frame, secured with theirends to the heads B and F by means of outwardly-turned ears 2', so thatthe ribs are located at a short distance inwardly from the peripheriesof the heads B and F.

J represents the covering of wire-cloth applied to the heads B and F andforming the inner bolting-surface, and K represents the covering ofbolting-cloth applied to the heads E and H and forming the outerbolting-sur face. The clothing J is supported by rings 3', which areconnected to the ribs I by means of intermediate posts, 9', throughwhich pass fastening-bolts whereby the ringsj are secured to the postsand the latter to the ribs, as represented in Fig. 7. The posts j areprovided on one side with ears 9', on which are supported stay-pieces k,which support rings 7c, over which the outer cloth, K, 1s stretched. Thestay-pieces 7- are secured to the ears by bolts k which serve,a1so, tosecure the rings 7a to said stay-pieces. The peripheral flanges of theheads 13 and F are provided with annular recesses Z, in which are placedrings L, provided with lacing-hooks; and the ends of the clothing J areprovided with strips of ticking, Z, which are also provided withlacing-hooks, and the two sets of lacing-hooks at each end of the reelare con- Jected by a lacing-cord, whereby the cloth is stretched on thereel. The outer cloth, K, is provided at one end with a rim, m, which isield on arecess, it, of the ring H by a ring, a, as clearly shown inFig. 5, and its oppo- ;ite end with a binding of ticking, n, provid- .dwith lacing-hooks,which are connected by t lacing-cord with similarhooks applied to he ring a, which is seated in a recess formed 11 theflange e of the ring E. The rings L re applied to the heads B and Fbefore the ings E and H are secured to said heads, and he cloth J isstretched on the heads B and F efore the outer cloth ,K, is applied tothe rings D and H. V

0 represents a series of radial bars or rods, eeured with their outerends in the ribs I, and onnected at their inner ends to a ring, 0, diichis provided with radial openings 0", for he reception of the inner endsof said rods, lid in which openings said rods are secured y set-screws0.

0 represents sliding'weights applied to the ads 0, so as to move on saidrods between 1e ribs I and the ring 0. The ring 0 isrigid, nd the rods 0are rigidly connected to said ng, so that the latter forms a rigidabutment, gainst which the knockers strike at the end :their inwardmovement. The blow of the nocker against the ring is transmitted by the)d 0 to the reel-frame, so that the latter is ,rred at every inward andoutward moveent of the knocker. As thereel rotates, the eights restingupon the ring 0 are by the iange in position of the rods caused to de-:end on the rods and strike the ribs I or [(3 ring 0 with sui'licientforce to. jar the )lting-c loth of the reel and dislodge any marialwhich may adhere to the same. As )th the inner and the outerbolting-cloths 'e supported 011 the ribs I, the jar of the eights istransmitted by the supporting trts to the outer bolting-cloth, wherebythe tter is also kept clear. 1? represents the spout or receptacle whichceives the tailings from the opening f, and scharges the same throughthe inclosingsing of the machine. Q represents a screw-conveyer,of anysuitle construction, arranged underneath the 31, and having its trough(1 formed with itable openings and slides, q Q2, whereby a materialcollected by the conveyor can be ;charged. R represents a transversepartition secured in the inclosingcasing at the tail end of the reel, soas to separate the space which receives the material bolted through theouter covering, K, from the space It, which receives the materialpassing out through the openings in the ring H. The bottom of the spaceR is provided with an opening and slide, through which the materialdelivered into said space can be withdrawn. The shaft of the conveyer Qis rotated by an endless chain, 8, or other suitable means, and preferably provided with stirrer-s s in the lower part of the space R,tofacilitate the discharge of the material therefrom.

The machine represented in the accompanying drawings is more especiallydesigned for use as a scalping-recl in the system of gradual reduction,where it is desirable to effect a quick separation of the flour andmiddlings from the coarse particles in order to prevent the impuritiescontained in the Wheat from deteriorating the quality of the flour ormiddlings. This object is effectually attained by my improved machine.The reduced material enters the reel through the spout a, and the innerbolting-surface, J, separates the flour and middlings from the coarserwheat-fragments, while the outer covering, K, separates the flour fromthe middlings. The flour is sifted through the covering K,While themiddlings escape through the openings of the ring H into the space R,and the wheat-fragments or other coarse tailings are elevated by theribs 9 and discharged through the openings f and spout P.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a bolting-reel, of twoconcentric bolting-cylinders, K J, a feed device whereby the material tobe bolted is delivered into the inner bolting-cylinder, deflector G,ribs g, and head F, provided with opening 1'', whereby the tailings aredischarged from the inner bolting-cylinder, and the perforated ring H,secured to the head F, whereby the tailings are discharged from theouterboltingcylinder, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the heads 13 F and longitudinal ribs I, of thestandards j, sup porting the inner bolti ng-eylinder, J, and standardsis, secured to the standards j, and sup porting the outerbolting-cylinder, K, substantially as set forth.

I). vided with i'ecdhood B and openings 0, and the head F, provided withopening f, deflector G, and ribs 9, of the longitudinal ribs I, securedto the heads B andF, ring E, secured the head F, standards j, secured tothe ribs I and supporting the inner boltin g-cylinder, and standards 7,secured to the standards j and supporting the outerbolting-cylinder,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the heads B F, longitudinal ribs I, andconcentric boltingcylinders K J, of posts j, provided with ears j", andsecured to the ribs I, posts 7c, secured IIO The combination, with thehead B, pro- 120 to the head 13, perforated ring H, secured to I2 5 tothe ears j, and rings j and k, secured, respectively, to the postsj andk and supporting the bolting-cylinders, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the heads 13 and F, provided with annularrecesses Z, rings L, seated in said recesses, inner bolting-cloth, J,and stretching devices connecting said boltingcloth with the rings L, ofthe rings E and H, detachably secured to the heads B and F, outerbolting-cloth, K, and stretching devices whereby the outer boltingclothis attached to the rings E and H, substantially as set forth,

6. The combination, with a reel-frame con1- posed of end heads, B F, andconnecting-ribs I, of radial bars or rods 0, secured with their outerends to the ribs 1, a rigid ring, 0, to which the inner ends of the bars0 are secured, and sliding knockers oflmounted on said rods or bars,substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a reel composed of end heads andconnectinglongitudinal ribs, inner and outer standards rigidly connectedto said ribs, and two concentric bolting cylinders supported on saidstandards, of rods or bars secured with their outer ends to said ribs,and connected with their inner ends to a rigid abutment, and slidingknockers mounted on said bars, whereby both bolting-cy1inders are jarredsimultaneously by every movement of a knocker, substantially as setforth.

itness my hand this 25th day of June, 1884.

AUG. HEINE.

\Vitnesscs:

JNo. J. BONNER, G. F. GEYER.

